toucan

英 ['tuːk(ə)n] 美['tukæn]
  • n. 犀鸟,[鸟] 巨嘴鸟;巨嘴鸟座

英英释义


1. brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

考试真题


If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

实用场景例句


Eat some berries A to Z, fresh ripe fruit is what I need, oh, man, toucan!
从头到尾在吃一些浆果, 我需要的是既新鲜又成熟的水果, 噢, 伙计, 巨嘴鸟!

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词态变化


复数: toucans;

中文词源


toucan 巨嘴鸟

来自南美土著语 tuka,一种嘴巴很大的鸟,可能来自拟声词,模仿这种鸟的叫声。

英文词源


toucan
bright-colored bird of South America, 1560s, from French toucan (1550s) and Spanish tucan; from Tupi (Brazil) tuka, tukana, said to be probably imitative of its call.

双语例句


1. Eat some berries A to Z, fresh ripe fruit is what I need, oh, man, toucan!
从头到尾在吃一些浆果, 我需要的是既新鲜又成熟的水果, 噢, 伙计, 巨嘴鸟!

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